Software Developer Principal

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Environments, Agile Projects, Agile Software Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Developer Principal at GDIT, and shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping the future of your engineering career. At GDIT, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT), the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system, and the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to store, match, share, and analyze biometric and biographic data in support of DHS’s strategic mission.

At the most critical moments of change, we’re there – bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world’s biggest challenges – and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing O&M team supporting one our nation’s most critical national security, law enforcement, immigration and border management, and intelligence missions.

 

Our work depends on a Software Developer Principal joining our team to develop, deploy, and maintain mission-critical applications and to work proactively, collaboratively, and with an entrepreneurial spirit in providing O&M support (in the form of developmental engineering) to the customer and their Stakeholder communities in achieving their critical missions.

 

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Software Developer Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of DHS and OBIM.

• Research, design, develop, and/or modify enterprise-wide systems and/or applications software

• Employ your experience with Go and Java, test-driven development, and Scrum/agile project lifecycle approach to develop, deploy, and maintain mission-critical applications

• Provide support and technical advice during conceptualization, development, and implementation phases to transform requirements into working solutions

• Engage with clients/users to define system scope and objectives

• Work on new development and re-engineering efforts, including making or contributing to system design decisions

• Implement enhancements to existing system and coordinate with other developers working in parallel

• Provide software development services on all tiers (UI, Java, Go, Postgres)

• Perform database programming using SQL

• Perform software QA/testing as needed

 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Software Developer Principal must have:

• Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree in computer engineering, computer science, information systems, or related technical discipline

• Experience: 5+ years of related experience required; 8+ years of related experience preferred

• Required Skills:

• Experience with Go programming languages
• Experience in Agile development methodology
• Understanding of DevOps solution implementation and configuration
• Understanding of microservices frameworks
• Exposure to Gitlab and the merge/release process to CICD pipeline
• Exposure to PL/SQL and SQL*Plus
• Exposure to or ability to learn the following: Struts and Restful services, Oracle RDBMS, and UNIX/LINUX shell scripting
• Ability to use Jira  to support configuration management in an Agile environment
• Ability to keep current with the latest techniques to include automated code scanning, automated testing, and continuous integration and continuous de